Villa Park · Licensed center
DPS ECE Cowell School
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- May 13, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 13, 2026. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
May 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 13, 2026
2.120.I · Correction due May 13, 2026
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed the program to be lacking documentation of a renewed Trails clearance for 1 staff member. Last Trails clearance on file dated 10/15/2014.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 05/13/2026
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 19, 2024
2.213.B · Correction due September 19, 2024
In a review of 5 staff files, one staff member (L.) is missing updated Department-approved standard precautions training.
Required correction: All staff must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. Correct immediately. Submit written verification to licensing specialist when training has been completed and place completion certification in staff file. Correct by 09/19/2024
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · October 26, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due October 26, 2023
The following items to be accessible to children and labeled "keep out of reach of children": Classroom 126- Unlocked and open closet door with Dawn Dish Soap, Shaving Cream, GermX accessible to children. Classroom 124- Equate Aloe Vera Hand Soap on sink.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. **CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, staff moved the Equate hand soap to a closet and closet door was closed and locked 10/26/2023. No written response is necessary for this violation. Correct by 10/26/2023
7.702.91.H
Electrical outlets to be accessible to children and to be missing protective covers in the following areas: Classroom 126- Wall by a door.
Required correction: In areas used by children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers or safety outlets must be installed. Obtain protective covers for all electrical outlets accessible to children. Correct
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 9, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 4540 W 10th Ave
- License
- 85103, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.